Reserve PJs chop, slice C-130 to hone extraction skills

A retired C-130 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group found new purpose as a training aid for 306th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen who chopped, sliced and sawed their way through the relic to hone their life-saving skills. The training was part of the squadron's confined space

Reserve wing launching "25 Shout Outs" to celebrate unit's 25th anniversary

View them. Share them. Forward them. Retweet them. Promote them. What, you ask? The short videos that will soon air on the 916th Air Refueling Wing's Facebook and Twitter pages. Do you follow sports? Film? Music? Politics? You never know who you'll see next. As part of the wing's 25th anniversary

Ridesharing at March provides door to door service

Each morning at March, 25 white passenger vans make the pilgrimage through the base's front gate from cities throughout Southern California. At the end of the workday, the parked vans come alive, dominating the quiet streets as they circle the base, providing front-door pick up service for their

Alamo Wing helps deployed Airman present flag to trainee wife

Reserve Command to realign several units

Four flying wings, one flying group and seven smaller units in the Air Force Reserve Command will change their higher headquarters and chains of command by Oct. 1.These actions advance the command's efforts to provide operational capabilities and strategic depth across the full spectrum of military

AFA honors Aeromedical Evacuation community with Schilling Award

Two Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron represented the Air Force Reserve as the Air Force Association presented the 2011 David C. Schilling Award to the Air Force aeromedical community. The award was presented to the Air Force aeromedical community by the AFA at the Gaylord

NFL Falcons visit Dobbins

Team members from the Atlanta Falcons visited Dobbins Air Reserve Base Tuesday to thank military and civilian personnel for the work they do for our country. The players and cheerleaders signed autographs, posed for pictures, and thanked each and everyone for their service. In addition, the Falcons

Portraits in Courage features pararescue specialist

Staff Sgt. Daniel Warren, a pararescueman from the 308th Rescue Squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla., is one of 18 Airmen featured in the latest version of Portraits in Courage.The reservist deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2010 as a Guardian Angel team member of the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue

Reservists retrieve space debris from Mongolia

There was no beeping noise as the pickup truck laden with rocket parts backed up to the C-17 Globemaster III at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in late August. It was just a Mongolian driver and a U.S. Air Force loadmaster using hand signals to communicate. An Air

Balancing force top priority say senior Air Force leaders

Finding the right balance of regular, Reserve and Guard component forces is the key to future Air Force capabilities and budget cuts, said senior leaders at the Air Force Association 2011 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, on Sept. 19.More than 8,000 attended the conference at the